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    I am Astarion Szarr. Who I was before is dead and gone.
    Don't talk too much.
    Don't smile with your teeth.
    Don't be you.

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    A vampire spawn subservient to his master's will, Astarion is forcefully married off to the Zau'viir's, a reclusive noble family living on the outskirts of Baldur's Gate. Expecting a cold reception as a sacrificial lamb, Astarion is stunned to find a household filled with laughter and warmth from everyone - except his new wife.

    How is he supposed to bend her to his side when she holds him at a distance? Cazador expects a steady flow of family secrets, but Astarion is realizing that the mines beneath the Zau'viir manor are shallow compared to what this family is hiding.

     

    Arranged Marriage AU set before BG3's events.

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    17 Dec 2024

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    U.S. Congressman Enver Gortash eagerly accepts Governor Richard Bhaal’s invitation to join his presidential campaign as his running-mate. In the process, he discovers the true mastermind behind the Bhaal campaign: Bhaal's daughter, Elegy, who is as ruthless as she is charming. Together, Enver and Elegy will do anything it takes to win the election… but will their web of deals and deception fall apart when they find themselves relentlessly drawn to each other?

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    13 Dec 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 44

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    Rin lays there, her back against the grass as she stares resolutely up at the sky overhead, little drops of dew like tiny diamonds hanging heavy from blades of grass.
    “I have nothing to say to you, just so you know.” She refuses to look over to the place where Astarion lays mere inches from her as she says the words, but it doesn’t stop her from moving her hand to rest it down in the small gap of space between their bodies.
    It’s an offering, if nothing else, though it is one Rin doesn’t know if he will take.
    “Well then, I suppose it’s a good thing that you so rarely have anything worthwhile to say.” Astarion’s words carry his usual unaffected haughtiness that has her eyes rolling despite herself, a small huff of annoyance escaping her lips.
    But as she feels the coolness of his skin against her own, clever fingers intertwining with her delicate ones, she thinks that maybe, just maybe there can also be a little room for hope in whatever this thing between them is.

    ✧· · ─── ·✧· ─── · ·✧

    In which Astarion and Rin learn how to bridge the gap, because perhaps all that distance between them isn’t quite so large as they once thought.

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    09 Sep 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 10

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    “I’ll say first that if this is one of Orin’s little tricks, she knows well that this Watcher can eviscerate someone even faster than her assassins can.” He set his quill down on the table. “But I don’t think you’re a trick,” he mused. “It’s you.”

    Ta’av clenched her fists, still trying not to move much with the Watcher so close. “I’m not Orin. I’m not one of her little assassins. I don’t really know who you think I am. But that’s why I’m here. You are going to tell me.”

    “Oh, I am?” He smiled with what looked like genuine warmth.

    “Yes,” she hissed back.

    His smile momentarily deepened at her anger.

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    The Dark Urge chooses to confront Enver Gortash during the night of his coronation and discovers the truth about their past partnership.

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